Not providing living necessities is which form of neglect?

• A. Isolation
• B. Physical
• C. Medical
• D. Abandonment

Answer: (B)

Physical neglect is the failure to provide the essential living necessities that ensure a child’s health and safety. This includes basic needs like adequate food, shelter, clothing appropriate for the weather, hygiene, and appropriate supervision. When a caregiver consistently withholds these basics or cannot obtain them for the child, that situation fits physical neglect because it directly affects the child’s daily living conditions and safety.

This differs from isolation, which is about keeping a child away from social contact; medical neglect, which involves not obtaining needed medical care; and abandonment, which means leaving a child without care or supervision. So not providing living necessities points to physical neglect.